# AddMinutes (DateTimeOffset) | **Name** | ***AddMinutes With Offset*** | | ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Syntax | AddMinutes (DateTimeWithOffset date, Integer minutes) | | Purpose | To return the date and time after adding or subtracting minutes. | | Description | Adds or subtracts minutes to/from the specified datetime offset value. | | Return Type | DateTimeOffset | | Parameters |

date \[System.DateTimeOffset] – Date to which minutes should be added

minutes \[System.Int64] – Number of minutes to be added. To subtract, use negative minutes

| ![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/0%20\(204\).png) **Example** In this example, we will pass a date time offset value, and an integer value (indicating minutes to be added or subtracted) to the function transformation object using a *Variables* object. Where, *date* = 01/02/2023 03:30:35 AM *minutes* = 8 ![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/1%20\(204\).png) In the output window, you can see that the provided integer value, indicating minutes, has been added to the given date time offset value. ![](https://github.com/astera-software/Astera_Data_Stack_v9/blob/main/.gitbook/assets/2%20\(202\).png)